Revista de gestión de zonas costeras

Abstracto

Length-Weight Relationship, Condition and Relative Condition Factor of Four Mugilid Species (Family mugildae) from the Karachi Coast of Pakistan

Zubia M, Rehana Y, Muhammad SH, Omer MT, Lakht-e-Zehra and Adeyemi SO

Length-weight relationship, condition (K) and relative condition factor (Kn) of four mugilid species (Liza melinoptera, Liza macrolepis, Valamugil speigleri and Mugil cephalus) from the Karachi coast were determined. Log transformed regression was used to check whether the growth of these species was positive or negative allometric. It was observed that Liza melinoptera and Valamugil speigleri were showing negative allometric pattern of growth (b